Chris Clarkson, a resident of the UK, has an unusual passion: he likes entering still life contests in which he poses as a famous figure. The contests not only require entrants to resemble actual statues, but to maintain a complete lack of movement for as long as possible. Clarkson, 29, took nine months to create a James Bond image - and was rewarded with first place. He stood motionless for four hours, enduring a SPECTRE wiseguy who stamped out a cigarette on him. Clarkson advises potential still-lifers to stand motionless in front of their televisions for extended periods of time. Shouldn't be too hard, given the mind-numbing quality of most programs. We don't know if there is a viable future in all of this, but word has it that Clarkson is a hero to local pigeons. Also, if they ever do a remake of The Man With the Golden Gun, he's a shoo-in to get the role of the Roger Moore statue. For more click here
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fans familiar with Ernest Gold’s magnificent music from Otto Preminger’s film Exodus (1960) will be pleased to hear
that the entire score, which has never been released before, has been
re-recorded and is now available as a Special Limited Collectors Edition 2-CD
set. Although the original RCA soundtrack album was a huge success in its day,
and won a Grammy Award for “Best Soundtrackâ€, it was not complete, and suffered
from poor sound quality. This CD by Tadlow Music is the first to feature Gold’s
entire score, reconstructed from his original sketches (including unused cues
and bonus tracks). Recorded with The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and
conducted by Nic Raine, it really is (pardon the pun) “music to my ears†as I
listen to it over and over again whilst designing the next issue of Retro
magazine here in my office. The reason why it is a 2-disc set was because
producer James Fitzpatrick realized there was too much for one CD, but not
enough to fill two, so he added tracks (by Gold) from It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Ship of Fools, and Judith. There are also Bonus sections,
including a suite from the hit TV mini-series QB VII (Jerry Goldsmith), two tracks from Schindler’s List (John Williams), and two tracks from Cast A Giant Shadow (Elmer Bernstein).
All are re-recordings. Another bonus is two video sequences showing the
orchestra during the recording sessions! Distributed by our good friends at
Silva Screen Records, this CD is available in all good music stores now, or go
to www.tadlowmusic.com who will ship
it anywhere in the world post free for just £16.95!